1. My favourite map would be the first one, while the second does offer a lot of eye candy, the first one has more chests, most of which are more easily accessible than the ones in map 2. I want map 2 to be my favourite, but map 1 takes the vote.
2. My tactics are to run into the centre, grab anything out of one chest only and then start on my pathway of chests. I usually play on the first map because I have a good path of chests to go through that usually ends near the pirate ship at sundown when all the chests are refilled. This is harder to do on map 2 since a path is harder to plan and chests are harder to find
3. Any traps in map 1 are ok (deep holes, un-escapable caves, etc), but the contraptions in map 2 made of redstone give other players the opportunity to trap you, most notably the basement in the house with the pink flooring behind the gas station, could we get rid of those?
4. If ever Mojang implement them, berry bushes, it adds more of a survival feel to it like the original Hunger Games. More rivers as well, with stepping stones, again, like the Hunger Games